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"Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Oar Souls and Maka Our Lives In Thy Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defence "
VOL. XXVI
BENNETTS VI LEE, S, C., FRIDAY, MARCH 29. 1901.
NO 13
GEN. R. E, LEE.
-0.enht.nt Rosser's Estimate cf tho
. Groat Commander.
HE DEFEATED OEM. GRANT.
Tha Great Confederate Lender
' Merely Played With Gens.
McClellan, Burnside.
Pope and Hoc k?r.
Gtn. Thomas L.ltoBsor, of "Rugby,"
^ Albermarle Co., Va., has boon engaged
in writing and publishing a soriosof
paporn on tho war botweon tho Statos,
and Ida oonoluding artiolo is as fol
lews':
"Tho wisdom of Gonoral Loo's in
I vasion cf Pennsylvania in 1863 has
j often boon questioned by military mon
pnk;?8 woll as statesmen, but when you
|] romombor that at that timo Grant hold
'|N:;;c.Goncral Pomborton by the throat at
Vicksburg, and tho hope of tho ulti
mate sweoots of tho Southern Coofed
..? f ,' er?oy was faint and flickering, you will
ag?eo that tho situation called for dos
porato aotion.
. "Gonoral Leo tad gained an eapy
vintory ovor General Ilookor at Chan
! eollorfcvillo in. Varly May, and having a
' low/ptimato ot bis military ability, ho
' folt'that a viotory ovor him north of tho
i; Petomao waa not beyond tho bouud of
/' reaeonablo hopo, or oven probability,
and, tho prospoot was too tempting to
' bo disregarded.
' . Leo had lost hi? lieutenant, Stono
IXVwall 'Jaokson, and while Longstreet
was with him, neither Ewoll nor Hill,
V.'wh? had rccontly boon promotod from
mojor to lieutenant-gonoral. had ovor
, eommaodod a oorpa in a battle, aud
v? hilo'Loo must havo foltaomo anxiety,
? if not misgivings concerning thom, ho
bad o?ofidcnoo in his superb army and
resolved to tako tho move, not BB Na
poleon m arohod on Mosoow in 1812
.;:.ba(;!aH.:Soipie (Afrioanu-) went to Cer
iVjthagd in 201 B. O j in ordor to looso
tho hold on Virginia of tho invading
army, and at tho oamo timo strike a
\ blow! whioh would awaken an . coho to
bo hoa?d in Kuiopo and through diplc
macy, end tho war in favor of tho
. Southoin ?joofoderaoy.
?Gon?r?l IJOO planned io givo battlo
rfnear tho -rango of South Mountain
. o could, sp that in tho ovont of din
V.. M was tho c?BO, ho . could drop
through tho narrow mountain
in whichvho could.resist ;th?
y ?vc.d .avert pursuit. .? C? ^
?h?'i- ^ottynburg, as Con
?^0DRP?^\?? eliaims no advised him,
$loado bad boon forced by a flank
$.oi Loo, baok.on Washington.
^ ?nllfa battlo fought and Loo defoatod
? \ l'oar Washington, kia army would
; .v loubtloBS have boon dostroytd bofoio
q cquld havo reaohod a oafo rofuaro in
. thoy. mountains or roorossed tho Poto
' ; 'mao at tho noareat ford, whioh was
' Wost of tho mountain.' Thsroforo, L"0
itod wi?ely infighting whoro ho did,
- d t tho only mistakes ho raado were
jotioal, not strategio, as shown in my
, previous lottor
Had Gonoral Leo diod at GottyBbUrg,
ho would not havo rankod in history
> ai a groat gonoral. His victories over
'Mcclellan, Popo, Burnoidoand Hookor
?^d?/td havo boon amribod to tho gonius
. /.M ^tonowall Jaokson, who participated
- jf'T/ffi' oriously in all of thom, for wo all
'i'?Mfdumber that in tho winter of 1861 2
^."eij|? oral Leo did not acquit himself
??^yUu ?: orcdit in his campaign agninBt
i^tOooerans in Wost Virginia, and tho
failuro *t Getty burg with tho dangor
) OUshalt a\ falling Water and Williams
i .port, waiting for a freshet to runout
of tho Potomac so that ho might paos
Inri, army ovor it, oooa?ioncd very un
' faverablo oommont from nany of our
' ?; ;:.highest officers.
?';?' Gonoral Loo was doubtless a groat
' j gonoral, but his groat military talont
J j did not shino out fully in all ita radi
t Bplondor until he mot General U.
.Grant in tho Wilderness in tho
.big of 1864
General Leo had merely played with
oQlollan, Popo, Burnsido and Hookor
-taking groat liborty with thom and
violating ovory maxim of war in his
-suoh, for in
" ope and loav
i army on tho
) .?apios within a day's march of Rich
mond, and in leuving Hookor in Juno,
)nl863. with an army doublo hi? own in
lilli' number at lfVodorioksburg, and marok
' j?g around him to Culpoper-liberties
<.w.hioh poor Hood mistook for stratogy,
and in trying to imitate thom loft tho
road opon to Shorman, whioh ho so
,ooptod, and marohod upon Atlanta and
tho sor?, whilo ho{ poor follow, waado
[v;, jr?atod. aji,Frankhu, Tonn., and had to
o'?dlioved of his oommand by Gonoral
$00 Johnston,
< Leo doon not appear to have gotlon
\itfiotly down to businoss until ho waa
? ,i ^onfrontsd by Grant in tho Wilderness
in tho spring of 1864.
m Gonoral Grant was groatlv surprised
v/hon Gonoral Loo permitted him, un
moloatod, to oross tho liapidan on tho
th Of May, 1864, with an army of 151,
00 mon and a train of 4,000 wagons.
I i Seeing nothing of Loo or his army,
?V:;;] A rrant boliovod that ho had hod, and all
' " bad to do was to pursuo, ovorhaul
Lily ;J. j dontroy him Ho little understood
'eat advowary. Loo was thorough
?<\ Pi' OJ Vmod as to ovory movo Grant
V ^m- and when Grant bogun, on tho
yf^^morniag of tho 5th of May, to unooil
<V) j j','his great army, whioh lay in many folds
i \ifittii$fol Germania Ford, and sorpont
f H(Ai/l|l<0i extend its flory and bristling head
^tte8h th<> dRrk Jttogloa of tho
WildlrnoflB, Loo, who was holding
UH little army of 50,000 mon massod
?nd woli in han d on his flank, foll upon
Mur with the fury of a cyclone, boat
ughim at ovory point, and compelling
win;to recall his advanood corps and to
Mepalro aud fight tho two-days' battles
'of tho Wildorncss in whioh Gonoral
Loo and! his littlo army most signally
\i{ j triumphed'
,7, Gonoral Grant now saw that in tlio
I. ;gamo of skillful ruanoouvoring ho was
v not a match for Gonoral lice, and fool
? b, nig that ho oould uotdrivo hjui out ot
A, his path, ho bogun a aorios of tho most
romtxrkahlo taotioal evolutions oyor om
cloyed on a battlofiold. \
G rant's, army .was eo muoh largor
than Leo's tb nt ho oould oaB?y cover
Loo's ontiro front, whioh ho did, but
loaring Loo's superiority in gonoral
ship, ho onlronobod hiuiBolf with as
much caro and oaution as if ho woro tho
defensivo, instoad of tho offoasivo load
or. Holding a continuous ontronohod
lino all along Leo's front, and pressing
with a a justant strain at overy point,
ho hoped to ho ablo to slip his rosorvo?;
from tho rear and cxtond thom to Leo's
right BJ RS to got in botwoon him and
Richmond and out him off from his
supplies. But as ho pursuod this
"earth-worm Uko"movomontof extend
ing his head, and drawing up his tail,
Leo kopt paoo with him, and whorovor
tho head of his army appoared, Loo was
thoro to strike it. Thus Grant odgod
along, and fought all tho way to Cold
Harbor, whero on tho 1st of Juno, ho
found hiinsolf at a point whoneo ho
would oither havo to foroo Lao's linos,
or givo up thoory of "Oct to lltohmond"
whioh had boon tho retrain of tho Army
of tho Potomac for tho past thirty days.
At Gold Harbor, Loo occupied tho
position which McClellan held on tho
27ih of Juno, 1862, aad Grant tho po
I sition whioh Leo held at tho samo timo,
and from which ho attaokod and drovo
MoGlollan. -Hore Grant mado roany
uosucoobbful assaults on Loo, and fin
ally despairing O?BUCOOSS gavo up tho
joh and ontronohod in Leo's front.
To loavo Cold Harbor with Loo in
possession of it was to turn away from
Richmond; to porsist in assaulting Loo
was human butchery without compen
satory punishment of Loo-theroforo
ho gavu up tho assault, ordorod up siego
trains and tooK up MoClollan's mothods
of zig zig approaches as hin only hopo
of dislodging Loo and his little half
starved and half clad army. But he
was BO far from his baso of navigable
water that ho soon gavo tho siego un
Grant, in his Memoris, pago 27G,
Vol, ll, says: "I havo always re
gretted that tho assault at Cold Har:
bor was mado." His loasen boro wcro
so vory heavy is tho reason of his re
gret, no doubt.
Grant had boon outgeneraled by Loo
at ovary turn, and loaving Cold Harbor
ho resumed his "crab Uko" sido movo
mont, whioh onablod him to roach
I'otorsburg, wher J ho found Loo con
fronting him as usual, and whoro ho
was compelled to resort to tho zig zag
method of approach and mining, with
tho hopo of making a broach in Loo's
linea, but failing oarly in tho spring of
1865 ho resumed his "orabliko, earth
worm" move ment by tho fl ink, and
proseod on to hive Forks, whoro ho suo
ecoded in broaking+tho last line ovor
whioh Leo oould gath or aapplioa for his
anny, and thus by destroying the
kitchen ho starved tho great and im
mortal army whioh with all his mighty
host ho oould not whip.
Thomas L. Bosser.
"".v 'Jo?T^tis i.- Iidt?;
Jacob Dearborn Marr, a farmer liv
ing eight milos from Clinton, Maine,
killed his throo ohildron, Atico M.,
agod 13; Edwin, agod 0 and Holon,
agod 7, with an nxo shortly aftor tho
family had rison from tho dinnor table
Thursday. Mr. Marr has boon dospon
dont for some time, but his aotions woro
not MI ih as to mako his wifo boliovo
that ho had any serious troublo to
brood ovor. Tho oldest daughter was
washing dishes at tho sink whon hov
father wont by hor to tho shod and got
an axe, Ho oanio baek into tho kitohon
and struck tho girl a Blngloblow on tho
head, killing hor. Mrs. Marr saw this
and ran soroaming to tho house of hor
husband's fathor, Samuel Marr. Tho
husband, apparently, walkod upstairs
to whoro tho youugor ohildron woro
playing and dealt each a singlo blow
with tho axe handle, killing thom both.
Whon Mr. Marr, Sr., oamo in, tho
youn/ or Marr was washing his hands at
tho Bink. Ho wa* askod why ho had
dono tho docd and ho said: MI don't
know.' Lalor in tho day ho was placed
undor arrest and taken to Watcrvillo
A Valuable) Bcd.
A story whioh roads liko a fairy talo
of old oomes from Soio, N. Y., whoro
Miss Clarissa Suruguo, a manhating
spinstoi nod nonogenarian, died last
weok. Miss Spraguo livod all alono
and boyond owning tno hovol in whioh
sho resided was thought to possess
nothing but hor pot oat, an animal of
unusual strength and size. Cornorod
by several dogs this oat had booomo
badly injured somo moaths ago whon
ho was rosouod by B-ufus Spraguo, a
country lad and distant rolativo, and
oarriod to his mistress. Miss Spraguo
was profueo in hor thanks and told tho
boy that when sho died sho would
mako him her hoir and loavo him tho
bod sho slopt Upon. Rufus claimed.his
prized Thursday and was about to firo
tho straw tick whon ho was amazed to
find it stuff jd full of goldooin. A oaro
ful searoh was mado and moro than
$1,000 in gold was found.
Beggars Waiting.
A dispatch says^ tho arrival of Mr.
and Mrs. Carnegio, at Southampton,
England, is awaited by delegations from
various olymosnary institutions who
want ohooks. These inoludo represen
tatives of oities socking librados, and
agouti) of a varioty of institutions do
siring aid. Hartloy collogo, Southamp
ton, a toohnioal institution, has adepu
tation of 60 awaiting tho Stoamor's ar
rival. Tho looal insnagor of tho Amer
ican lino, who had important lottors
and tolegrams from all parts of tho
kingdom for tho philanthropist, Bays
tho onvolopos indioalo that thoy aro
from all sorts and oonditions of pooplo
from uni/omity prosidonts to mendi
cants.
Growing Rapidly.
Tho produotion of tobaooo in tho
United Statos is now about 725,000,000
pou ads, of whioh about half is consum
ed in this country. Tho orop has nearly
doubled O?BOO 1870. lt was first taxed
for rovonuo purpoeos in 1873. Sinoo
1870 tho rovonuo from tho tax has not
fallon below $25,000,000 annually. In
1000 it was $59,000.000. Sinao it was
first imposed, in 1863, it has paid re
venues among to about $1,200,000,000.
Tho tobaooo and ootton farmers do not
get no muoh consideration from tho
Govornmontas tho protect od imnufao
turora, but thoy mako a groat doal m?re
money for it.
A PATHETIC STORY.
Another Unexpected Effect of th?
Pension Act
" "
STORY OF A W?RTHY WIDOW
Of a Dead Confederate Hero About
to Ba Debarred ot Her Pen
sion Pittance by its
Provisions.
Wbilo thia Stato is unablo to givo
nocdy Ooofodorato votorans and widows
of votorans any largo ponsiona, it ia
doing tho host it oan to aid thorn. As
in all pension systoms, abusos orcpt in
and tho dopartmont found itsolf paying
ponsions to many who wcro really not
in nood, until tho Oonfodorato votorans
organisation took tho rnattor up and
got tho now aot passed. This was do
sigQod to throw ovory possiblo safoguard
and is working well. Sovoral vory ox
ooplionai and unoxpeotod roaults of tho
now aot havo, howover, arieon. Tho
Tho oaao of tho Byrd orphans has al
ready beon mentioned, and Tho Stato
has roooivod sovoral subscriptions to
ward paying tho amount of tho pension
whioh oaonot ho allowed.
. Anothor oaso ovon moro noteworthy
dovolopod Wodnosday. Thoro can bo no
doubt that Mrs. Amanda Hoohcutcr of
Andoreon county is tho widow of a gal
lant follow who gavo up his lifo for tho
Confcdoraoy, and that Rho in sadly in
nood of tho pittanoo allowed, yet tho
law requlros that oho must havo oonifi
atoa fiore living witnossos to h'etj hus
knd's sorvioo and doath, Sho cannot
)tain tho HO. >?ot oho has written ovi
donoo, and has prosontod that whioh is
rosily stronger than any o thor ovidonoo
could ho. And it ia up to tho Stato
board at its ooming mooting to dooido
whethor tho lotter of tho* aot' must bo
obojod, shutting ot! tho pension, or
whothor it oan bo allowed on tho ovi
donoo furnishod.
Tho board returned Mrs. Boohostor's
application when it fir it carno in. Tho
following was roooivod on VYodncsday
in consequence
Anderson, S. 0-,
Maroh 18, 1901.
Doar Sir : EKOUBO me for returning
Mrs. Amanda L\ Hoohostors potition
for pondon, and papora oonnootcd
therewith, and especially calling your
attention to Judge Simonton'u affidavit,
and ospooially' to tho lotter of, Lieut..
W. H. Bftitloss, Jr., dated Juno 20th,
toi b paper. I bog tc ir atten
tion to tho fact that a 4 *7 years
old proven itself.
I am not a paid agont in this oaso,
but know tho poor widow personally
and tako an intorest in hor sad loss of
her gallant husband, whoso moraory sho
has ohorishod by hor long widowhood.
It does soom to me.that any court would
sustain hor claim undor tho law with
tho testimony of Judgo Simonton and
tho lotter of tho lieutenant, now doad,
and tho othor proofs But rob tod.
I ondoso affidavit of ii. A. Mo
Oalistor, an of?cor, hut who is an ap
plicant himsolf, and his testimony ruled
out, hut I sond it anyway.
I was colonol of tho Fourtoonth South
Carolina Voluntoors, and my long sor
vioo onde?is mo to tho poor, who sacri
ficed .so muoh, but to nono mero than
tho worthy womon.
Vory truly youra,
Joseph M. Brown.
Tho affidavits reforrod to road aa fol
lows :
Stato of South Carolina, Charleston
Oounty.
Before mo personally npponrod
Oharloa II. Simonton, who, hoing duly
sworn, says that ho was colonel oom
manding Twonty- fifth regimont, South
Carolina Voluntoors, Oonfodorato Statoo
of Amorioa, from 1862 to tho end of
tho war. That ho know William
A. Hoohostor, who was a private in (Jo.
II of hia rogiment. That said Willinm
A Hoohostor waa killod in battlo
whilst serving with his company in n
charge at Swift Crook, noar Petersburg,
Va. That tho letter tattaohcd to tho
potition of Mrs. Amanda Hoohor tor,
sigood by W. II. Bartloas, Jr., lieu
tenant commanding Co II, is agonuino
lottor, as howoll knows tho handwriting
of Mr. Bartloss. That tho said W. Il
HartlcBS Jr., was at tho dato cf said
lottor in oommand of said oompany, its
oaptain, W. H. Soabrook, having hoon
killed. That Hoohostor and his ooin
rados in that oompany woro gallant
mon, tho company having boon almost
annihilated by oasualttos in action dur
ing tho war. . That ho docs not know
Mrs. Amanda lloohostcr. hub ?hat ho
bolloves her to be tho widow, of his
dead oomrado.
(9ignod) Charlo* II. Simonton.
Stato of South Carolina, County of
Anderson.
Personally appoarod B. A, Mo Al
istor, who, hoing duly sworn, says that
ho has known Mrs. Amanda Hoohostor
over sinoo hor childhood, ho hoing al
most hor ago. That sho was a Miss
Howard beforo hor marriage. That sho
marriod William A, Hoohostor, who, it
is said by affidavit of Judgo Simonton
and his lioutonant, was killod noar
Potorsburg, Va , in 1861, aud that sho
hasremainod a widow ovor sinoo,. and
has oontinuod a rosidont of tho Stato
all tho time. That tho potition aignod
by hor is ttuo and though poor, sho is
a lady of high eharaolor and has had to
strugglo for a living ovor sinoo tho war.
B. A. McAlistor.
Tho lottor from tho front at tho timo
of tho doath of tho husband ronds as
follows:
Tronohos Twenty-fifth S. O. V., Ila
good's Brigade.
Noar Potorsbrg, Va.,
Juno 20, 1861.
Mrs. Amanda Hoohostor.
Boar Madam: Your favor of tho 20th
just at hand. I rm truly sorry to in
form you that tho account ef your hus
band's doath is correct. Ho foll, shot
through tho body, in a ohargo upon tho
onomy's linos at Swift oreok, noar
Petersburg, Va., whore ho is now
buried.
It affords mo ploasuro to say to you
that ho was a good soldier. I novor
know him to shirk in tho timo of dan
gor. Our oompauy has lost many good
and bravo moil, hut nono bettor than
ho I icgrot his loss vory much. Ho
died in a glorious oauao, and bid nain y
will ha handed down to posterity as ono
of thoBo martyrs who fell in tho oauao
of fioodtm and all that man holds dear
on earth.
Very respectfully,
W. II. listless, Jr.,
Co. ll. 25th 8 C. V.
P. S Cjrpl, UcoHoHtor is duo pay
from pclober lit, 1803, to May 7th,
1801, and seme littta monoy for com
mutation o? lost things. Tho ext cv
amount I oannot now bond, as my oom
pany papers aro away, will, howovor,
do HO as soon as practicable. Ho had
nothing ivith him when ho was killed,
his koopsakes aod other things hhviug
hoon previously lost.-Tho ?tato.
Tho Old Veto? ans.
Tho Columbia Stato atys if tho si ato
reunion of Conioiiorato y^torans in that
city in ?May is not a SUCO:SB it will not
bo tho fault of thosj who have hoon
placed in ohurgo of tho arrangements
for tho various features of tho
ontrtaiumcnt. Neithor will it bo tho
fault of tho railroad?. Tho do
siiod cent-a milo ratci haB boen socurod
and tho oommittco on transportation
fools that tho groater part of tho work
has hoon done even hofcro it oould havo
a mooting. Chairman Hiohidson of tho
southern Pasfiongor 6S?ooia'ion has is
sued bis oiroular in der dato of Atlanta
March 15, announcing ' a ralo cf ono
oent por milo in caoh direotion to Co
lumbia, S. C., androturn from all poiu's
in tho Stato of South Carolina; also
from Charlotto and inteimodiato peints
in North Carolina, and from SaVAnnab,
Maoon, Atlanta and iniormodiato
points in Goorgla, aco.unt of oooasion
ahovo spooitiod : Tim following round
trip rates on this basis will govern from
tho j'motional points named:
From. H ?to.
Abhcvillo.$2 IO
Allondalo. 1 55
Andorson.2.55
Athons, Qa. 8 45
Atlanta, Ga.. d.90
Augusta, Ga .,f. 1.70
l?noksburg..'. 2-15
Calhoun Falls. 2,45
Camden. 05
Garlhlo. 1 05
Catawba Junction. 1.60
Charleston.2 60
Charlotto, N C. 2.10
Choi a w. 1 75
I Oboster.1 25
j Clinton... 1 30
Denmark.*, 1 05
Elbortpu, Ga. 2.80
Fairfax. 1 55
Groonvilio. 2 25
?Greenwood...'.,.''. L7?
Lancaster. 1.45.
,X?M?h?^ < ^ ' . . .? ' ' t ^
Wdoji, ua.??... .. 4 15
Madison; Ga.._.. 3.75
Millodgovillo Ga. 3.50
NowDorry...,.. f. 85
Orangoburg. ...... 1.00
Prosperity. 70
Hook Hill. 1 60
Savannah, Ga. 2.85
Spartauburg.1.85
Sumtor. 85
Ton nillo, GA.3 40
Yomassco.2.10
Yorkvillo. 1.70
Tho tickets will ho rostriotcd to con
tinuous passago in caoh direction and
aro to ho sold on May 8 aud 9 from
points within tho. Stato of South Caro
lina, and on May 8 from points in North
Carolina and G/argia with final limit
of May 13, inoluBivo. Tho rato pro
mulgated applies tn tho Sotthorn rail
way, tho plant system, tho A. C. L.
tho Contral of Georgia, tho Oharloston,
and Wostern Carolina, and tho Georgia
railroad. Tho Soahoard will no doubt,
moot tho ratos of tho assooiation lines.
Lepers aro Many.
Marino hospital Surgoon Worry, qua
rantine elli ocr for tho Philippines, has
sent an official roport of tho leprosy in
tho Philippines. He said: ''Leprosy
is widoly" provalent over tho nntiro
arohipolago, but tho groatost number
of oasos exist in Luzon and tho South
ern inlands, lt is quito prevalent in
Cebu, tho number of lepors hoing esti
mated at 2,000. Total nuinhor of oasos
in tho i.-Unds is ostimatod at 20,000.
Tho oases in Manila and surrounding
oountry aro isolated in a hospital un
der ihu anspioos of tho Manila board of
hoihh. There is abo a lopor hospital
at Cebu. An attompt at segregation
and isolation of tho lepers has hoon
mado by tho anny ofihials aud sovoral
inonlhd ago orders woro issuod dircoting
that a hospital in oaoh district ho sot
asido for tho isolation of all loper J that
oould bo approhondod and tho guard of
military was detailed rooontly to carry
out tho ordor for a lopor oolony, inten
tion hoing to deport all oasos of lopors
to this plaoo for sogrogation and isola
tion."
ISntls a Useful Lifo.
A dispatch from Yorkvillo to Tho
Stato says our oommunity was groatly
shookod Tuosday ^morning, 19th inst.,
at tho announoomcnt of tho doath last
night of Col. John ll. Asho, proBidont
of tho Yorkvillo ootton mills. Col.
Asho has boon ovorworking himsolf ro
oontly in tho interests of his mill, and
tho strain has hoon groat on him. Dur
ing tho night his wifo missod him from
tho room, and hooomiog alarmed oalled
tho noighbors, and soarch was mado for
him. His body was found in a woll in
tho yard. At a mooting of the stock
holders and director* of the mill this
ovoning Mr. P. M. Grimos, tho popular
suporintondont, was oleotcd temporary
prcsidont. Upon examination of the
mill's affairs il was found to bo ontiroly
solvont and ablo to moot ov< ry obli
gation. Thoro will bo no stopping of
tho mill, and under tho managomont of
Provident (J rimes suoooss is assurod.
Wolvos and Sparrow* Suffer.
Tho wolf hunters and tho sparrow
shootors of northern Illinois havo just
oloBod a very prosperous season, Loo 8am
uolson, a Winnebago county boy, has
mado a reooid of 3,415 sparrows for
whioh ho roooivod from the oounty
treasurer 169.22. Joseph G alli ?. dor for,
a lad df tho same oounty, killed 2,410
birds, for which ho was paid $18.20
cash. Nearly 40.000 sparrows have
boou killed this season by tho boys of
Stophonson oounty. which is a big in
?rense ovor tho husmos? of last year, In
December tho oounty paid bounties
amounting to $152 10; in*January $208 ?
84; in Fobruary 1422.16; total $782 56.
OUR DEAD HEROES.
--
Preparations for tho Uuveiling and
Dedication of tho
OHICKAMAUQ^ r/lONUMEN n
?
wi?t?3: df
fha Monument. j? Worthy off th?
Immortal M&rOea Whoas
?M>
Gallantry km Death it
Commemorates.
After many ycnr$| of waiting South
Carolina it* at Wt going lo do a small but
douoivod honor to tho gallant soldiery
that battled go bruvOjiy for tho Southern
on uso at Chiokamijuga, Stato after
Stuto has orootod jujiuunonts to its
bravo soldiors on this historio batt lo -
field, and no w SoutuiOarolina isto.>n to
orcot an imposing ^vonumcnt. Many
Sintos havo a dozen W moromagni?oont
monuments, many aro thoro to rogi*
meniH, hut South Carolina is to havo
ono largo monument to its toldiory that
struggled so nobly on Ohiskainauga's
hold. Wi
Qeverncr MoSwcWey, Gon. Flojd,
Major C. K. Hender,son and Capt. J.
Harvey Wilson is tao oommistion in
ohargo of tho erection jof tho nionumont.
Gon. Wnlkor, who j served sith, dis
tinction in tho bloody battle, has do
voted a g.cat deal o? ??imo to tho ar
rangement and has kindly, prepared tho
following elaborate programo of tho
exorcises: ,. .
tfor tho oonveultinoo of Votorans,
HOL H. tho Stato volunteer troops and
all ci tizo n H attending tjio Haut horn,
Hallway has made special arrangements
and this routo will boltho effioial routo.
Thoywill anneunoo (Jatos of loaVing
various pointe and rates,
This official t v.iin will bb run down to
Lytlo Station, near thy battlefield, and
about half a mile.from, tho sito of tho
South Carolina monuinont. The dis
tanoo oan bo' easily -walked, but ar
rangements will bo in ((do for hacks to
oarry over suoh visitors: as prefer rid
ing and paying. >
At tho station tho prooennon will bo
joined by Gon. J. W..(, Garnish, ohiof
marshal. '
1. Band. .
2. South Carolina Volunto ors. State
troops, under command of an oflioor to
by designated, by Ad j t. Gon. Floyd.
3. Sons of Confo'c^r'ato Veterans;
under command of W?Uo'? H. Hunt.
4. Votorans of Southe Carolina Divi
sion U. C. V.
5. Visiting; Vctf j;ab^.\.
6. Distinguished gr in e^fiages.
?. 7. Visitors.
t." l''^O.?<&a-' .
t?^i.n|,.alOW5,, ...
Snodgrass Bango. ?\ striko tho
Vittoloo IlouBo thoy ,i' soe a largo
markor, markod .lOih and ltftli South
Carolina regiment, fought for throe
hours on Snodgrass Bango above this
point.
Grthorod undor and around tho bat
tle soarrod fhg of tho 10th South Caro
lina regiment, which led them to
viotory on tho heights above, will bo
tho visiting votorans of that command..
Tho procession will saluto and un
cover as it pas?os tho group of horoes.
Further on is a similar marker mark
ed 24th South Carolina rogimont _ and
Oulpcppor'B battory, fought about ono
milo io tho northoast of this point, and
noar it tho flags and tho mon of thoso
gallant commands.
Further on, as tho road to tho South
Carolina monument loavos tho main
road, will bo found auothor marker to
tho immortal mon of Keisha w's brigade,
marked "Korshaw's brigade, 2d, 3d,
7th, 8th and 15th South Carolina regi
ments and James's South Carolina bat
talion, fought for Ovo hours on Snod
grass Bango abovo this point." Tho
battlo flags and horoes of Kershaw
will bo saluted.
Thc prooossion now arrives on tho
ground saorad to tho valor and tho
worth of South Carolina's sons, for it
was that ovor whioh Korshaw swept as
ho drove tho onomy back to their last
stand on tho rid go.
Arriving at tho monumont, tho
veterans will press to tho front, tho
Stato volunteer troops saluting.
Tho park commissioners will havo
crooted a largo H tr. go and sufficient Boat
ing oapaoity for tho votorans and visi
tors. Governor MoSwooney, Govornor
of tho Stato and chairman of tho com
mission, will proside.
Tho mooting will bo oponol with
prayer by tho Hov. De. J. H. Thorn
woll, ohaplain general, Scuth Carolina
Division, U. O V.
Gan. C. 1. Walkor, ono who won dis
tinction on this and other battlefields,
now tho bolovcd oomrnander of tho
South Carolina Division, U. C. V., and
who has taken a deep interest in and
materially aided in tho accomplishment
of tho memorial about to be dedicated,
and a loading mombor of tho commis
sion, ?viii then deliver tho historical
address.
Addrosses will thou bo mado by tho
Hon. D. S. Honderson, of tho Sonate,
and Col. J. Harvey Wilson, of tho
House of lloprcBontativcs, through the
liberality of whioh bodies South Caro
lina has dono jmtioo tohor heroic sons.
An addross will thon bo mado by
Goncral, now tho beloved Bishop Kl
lison Capers, who sorvodon this battle
field with his vi oil known gallantry.
Bishop Capers's addross will load up to
tho unvoilfng, whioh will bo done by
four .young ladies, representing eaeh
ono of tho four South Carolina com
mands ongagod in tho battle. For
Korshaw's brigade, Miss Elborta Bland,
a granddaughter of tho distinguished
Col. BIbort Bland, who gavo up his
lifo fighting with Kershaw uri Snod
grass Bango.
For lOvh and 19th South Carolina
regiments, Miss Ada Ovio Walker, a
granddaughter of Gon. C. I. Walkor.
For tho 24th South Carolina reglj
mont, Miss Mario DuPro, graudniooo
of Col. C. H. Stovons, who gallantly
led tho 24th South Carolina rogimont
in tho battlo, and also tho grandniooo
of Llout. Col, Millson Gapors, who sue
oooded Col. Stovons to tho command of
tho rogimont and was also badly wound'
ed in tho battlo,
For Cul pepper's battory. Miss-rv
As tho ribbon J aro pulled tho oovor
W?1 fall and show ono of tho hand
somest monuments in tho park. It is
built of South Carolina granite, a flt
emblem of tho horoio stand reado by
tho South Carolinians on this Hold-on
.cither sido is a bron/.o statuo, original,
and mado espooially fer this work, OQ
ono sido an infantryman and an artil
leryman on tho other. South Carolina
had uo cavalry in this battlo. drown
ing tho wholo io a bronco palmetto of
exquisito workmanship, surpassing in
truthfulness to naturo tho wonderful
bronzo palmetto at tho State IIouso.
On tho front of the uppor stono is
tho shield of South Carolina in br .rn zo.
Tho inscriptions aro as follows ;
On tho front, oomposod by Bishop
Capers, with grand siropiioity :
To hov Faithful Sons at Ohioamaoga,
South Carolina Iflrcots this Monument
to Cominomorato tho Valor They
Provid and tho Lives They Gavo on
this B&tllc?old.
Ou tho baok :
Korshaw's brigaio, 2J South Caro
lina regiment, 3d South Carolina r<gi
mont, 7th South Carolina regiment,
8th South Carolina regiment, 15th
South Carolina regiment, James's 31 !
South Carolina battalion : . Killed, 65 ;
wounded, 438: missing, 1.
Of Manigault's brigtdo, 10th South.
Carolina regiment, 19ih South Caro
lina rcgimont, consolidated : Killoe!,
26 ; moitally woundod, 40 ; wounded,
170.
Gist's brigado, 24?<h South Carolina
rcgimont. Killed, 43 ; wounded, 114 ;
missing, 12.
Culpoppor's hatton', wounded, 14.
Tho total height of tho monumont is
33 foot. Tho work was dono by tho
Stewart Stono Company, Columbia,
S. C., and ri Hoots tho highest orodit on
thoir tasto and skill.
As soon as tho monumont is unveilod
Govornor MoSweonoy will turn it over
to tho park oommisslon aud it will bo
reooivod by Gon. Henry V. Boynton,
! tho Chaiiman,
Ai*V VVAViUVUlUn AAA? TlUfS VUUVU V . ? v
crowd will disperso over tho battlefield
to study and admiro it.
Tho Offioial trains will rolum to
Chattanooga in tho afternoon, and after
timo for supper, oto, tho Votorans for
Memphis will spcod on their way,
reaching that point early on tho morn
ing of tho28th of May. Tho other visi
tors will tako tho train for North Caro
lina.
Around the monumont is a 12 foot
circular pavement of com nt faoed with
granitoid.
Tho markers for South Carolina troops
aro plaoed on tho batt! o Sold as follows.
; Kershaws brigade-Oa tho slopo of
Snodgrass Raoge, ono for on oh of tho
regiments.
. For 10th and 19th South Carolin?
regiments tho position in gonoral dur
ing the aftornoon is shown by tho guoe
of Dent's battory on tho crest of the
ridgo. Advanoipg from this point, they
mado repeated ?hargos on tho onomy,
and tho point of furthest advanoo it
shown by, tho Q^utli, P^aVc^-7^$?^K?^:
tito marlcor is placed ou ICoilVs f?v;?
near tho "Bloody Anglo," and near th(
.Sholl monumont to thoir brigado com
mander Oolquittt
For Culpopper battery, in tho Poi
fiold, near tho Georgia monument.
It is hoped that Gon. Ger lon, o )in
mander of tho Unitod Confederate Vot
orans, on his way to Mamphis will bc
able to stop ovor and take part in th
ceremonies.
Govornor A, 0. Candler, of Georgia
has boon most pressingly invited am
writos that himsolf and stan! will b
prooont ' 'unless providentially hindored
Tho oommsssion had to fix tho.day fe
tho unvoiling to tako it on tho way t
tho Mom plus Kennion. At tho oloso o
thoso reunions tho Votorans saattor an
it would bo hard to get them togotho
for any oeromony roturning. Tho r<
unions usually oommonoo on Wodnoi
day, but this yoar it begins on Tuosda:
which n?cessita tod tho solootionof Mot
day. This foreod tho oommonoomon
of the movomont io Chiokamauga ot
Snndsy. While it will not prevent tl
groat masB of Votorans and visito;
leaving homo on that day, thoro ai
many who have oonsoiontiom eorupk
against traveling on Sunday. Tho ut
voiling of a monumont is hold as ho!
an object as ono oould havo, and woul
oortainly excuso all such. But tho ooo
mission ??ked for and havo sooured tl
dato of selling tiokots to oommonoo Sa
urday, so any ono oanreaohOhattanooi
from South Carolina boforo Sunday.
Tho battle flag around whioh tho Vo
orans of tho 10th and 19th South Cat
lina rogimonts will assomblo is tl
worn and tattered flag of tho 10th Soul
Carolina rogimont. lt WAS saved fro
surrondor almost providentially. At tl
battlo of Bontonvillo, tho 10th Sou
Carolina rogimont, thon commanded I
Capt. II. 'A. llarloo, penetrated tho o
omy's lino, but reinforoomonts corni)
up, tho lino was reformt d and 06}
llarloo, Sorgt. Albort A. Myers, boarli
tho flag, and,about twonty men. half
tho regiment, so roduood was it, we
out off; they took to tho swamp ai
hid uutil night. Sorgt. Myers tim
away tho staff and put tho flag und
his clothing. Tho party mado tho
way through tho swamp and gob baok
tho Confodorato linos. Tho remnan
of tho 10th and 19ch South Carolit
rogimonts wero subsequently consolid
tod into Walkor's South Carolina bs
talion, and so surrendered. Whon Co
Walkor returned from wounded fe
lough ho oould loara nothing of tho 10
regiment's il AK that of tho 19th Sou
Carolina boing usod as tho battalion ot
ors and at tho suirondor properly surro
dored it as tho flag of tho battalion, J
Col. Walker rodo out of oamp on t!
way homo Capt. llarloo handed. him
paokago, giving it with express otipul
tion that it should not bo oponod un
ho roaohod homo When ho roa o In
homo ho oponod it and found it tho fi
of tho 10th South ' Carolina regime?
Ho hastroftsurod lt most siorodly ov
sinoo. Tho uppor half of tho flagstaff ii
piooo of tho flag nt?if of Fort Sumti
whioh was usod by Major Andorson d
ing tho attaok on tho fort of April, 1HC
It WAS glvon to Col. Josoph Walkor, tl
father of Col. 0.1, ii Walkor, by Go
Beauregard.
Altogether tho fl?? steff is A most hi
torioally valuable momento.
It waa prosponod to first lay tho o<
norstono of Ino monument bofoto t
dodiofttion, but tho oUbor *to Manor
ooromonion would havo taken too ma
timo from tho limited timo availob
no thin function had to?.bo roluotani
dispensad with. Tho monumont hai
oornor-ntono and in it will bo dopoa
I od:
i i, Col Dle\ert> jaluablo skotoh
Korahaw'fl brigado,
2. ColO/ I. Walkor'g skotoh
I . [continued on pago four.]
"MEN OF THE TIME.'
....
Very Valuable Work Under taken by ?
Editor O?rllngtoa.
Mr. J. 0. Gerlington, editor bf
tho Spartanhurg ll or aid, has undor taken
to 'proparo and publish ? handsome
volui?o that will bo of inoaloulable
value to many olaesos of South, Caro
linians, . No library of tho period will
ho oomploto without it. It is to bo en
titled '?Mc-, of tho Times," and is to
bo a "biographical encyclopedia of cou
temporanoous South Carolina, loadors."
Tho 6copo of tho volumo will include
South Carolina authors, ar?hitools,
artists, . agriculturalists,- bankers, oom
posets, divinoP, dootor, engineers, ed
ucators, investor, journalists, Jumts,
manufacturers, min ?legit tn, philan
thropiutf, poota, politicians^ statesmen,
travolcrs and warriors.
Thoro is now no work pf the kind
latter than MoCrady'a "Iflmirioht Men of
tho Carolinas" and what Mr. Garling
ton i? doing should h?vo been under'
taken long ago. Mi'. Carlington is ho
ing congratulated by those who have
so ofton found it nooonsary > to turn to
tho MoCrady volumo on having under
taken tho work.
Tho book is to bo gotton up in hand
some stylo, vory BWAII typo and half
t?n o portrait! being used. . It will con
tain about 600 pagos. In his prospectus
Mr. (tarlington says: , -
"It will ho beautifully bound in'cloth
and is dosigned to be a book that will
adorn any library, Its fioopo is to bo a
comprehensive oom pc odium of con
temporaneous biographies. Aoour ato
tketches of tho mon who havo boen
foromos in dovoloping Sobth Cttrolin*,
during tho clo .nug years of tho nine
teenth oontury aro given.
"In rm I nr to i nunrn rmmirAny. nu d' to
inoludo only thoso whoso aohiovomonts
ontitlo them to a place in a biograph
ioal onoyolopodin, committees havo
boon solootod to pass, on tho names of.
such mon as aro presented. Thoso oom-,
mitteos aro oompoBod of tho recognized
loaders in their various lines;
'This book isa vory oxpjnslvo pub
lication, hut it is boliovod its impor
tance justillos tho publishor in making
it a work of art as woll ai . a biograph''
ioal onoyolopodin of tho mon who aro
now making South Carolina, in many
lines, foromost of tho southern Slates.
"This book is notltko numerous pub
lications that .aro offered from limo to
time, whoro any man who pays his
monoy or subscribes to tho hook oan bo
writton up. It is necessary to i known
in advanoo how many, copies will bo
takon, so as to be able to contract with
tho printer, but biographical skotohos
aro -not .dependent on subscriptions.
"Tho book ip designad to bo re pre
sonativo of, tho boat talont in every
linor-an onoojolopedi?--giy|n?: ,/fbio^
;. 13WI-iBkhtaiiW of'tHoo*. iiowhh .-M - ..
:ormiaur wnb^hfive uti u.o'. rmmofehing- in
tho world.' It ia' not ? catch-penny* ad
vertising Bohomo. jVhoso who aro on
titled to ref rcBon-'ah ofi in this biogra-,
phioitl onoyolopoUM will ho given suoh
notioo as tholr prominence domapds
and not ono dollar will bo collected for
a'-'writo-up.' ",
' Tho prioo to all purchasers will he
$5 a volume. .
MARYLAND INLINE.
The Election Law Diafrrnohising the
Illiterate basses.
Tho now elootion law has passed tho
Maryland Legislature. It will disfran
ohiso fifty thousand illitorato voters.
Tho final passago of tho bill Was mark
ed by tho utter absonoo af anything or
a sensational oharaotor. In the senate
but one protest was entered whioh carno
in tho form of a speech from Senator
Dodson, Ilopublio*n, who oharaotbriecd
tho ontiro proooodings as a blot upon tho
taimamos und honor of the Stato. The
final voto was ll to l l, a strict party
division. v i
In a quarter of an hour after papssing
tho sonate tho bill waa boforo tho houso
whoro its eon sid oration was immediate
ly begun. One by ono tho' senate's
amendments were takon up and concurr
ed in without division. Then it was put
upon itt. final passago with no .attempt
at delay upon tho part of tho minority,
exoept a motion to allow them ono hour
to oonsider tho amendments. Tbis was
promptly voted down, a d tho bill was
passod by a voto of 53 to 28, tho Demo
crats having six votos-more than the
majority required by tho constitution;
Fivo Democrats, Buokoy and Lamin of
Frederick, KoyB of Cooil, ?Pattison of
Dor oho? tor, and Car nor of St. Mary's
voted with the Republicans. ' >/
Tho most important chango in exist
ing mothoda accomplished by tho en
actment of tho now law Hes in depriv
ing illitorato voters of tho. assistance' 0!
ballot olorko in preparing their ballots.
Under tho previous praotloo thoso
dork? aooompaniod such Voters, into
tho booths and marked thoir ballots for
thom, or showed thom how to do it.
Tho Dom 001 ats claim tn at this praotioo
utterly destroyed tho sooreoy of tho bal
lot and mado it possihlo for corruption
is ta to learn through signals , from tho
ballot dorks whether bargains made
with oorrupt voters had boen carr tod
out. Tho arrangomont of tho namoa on
tho ballots bsa boon .altered so that the
candidato for oaoh office are groupr.d
i n H toad of being arrangod in groups ac
cording to tho parly they ropresont.
Party omblorus are abolished and 'ot hoi
changos mado which make tho now law
vory nearly similar to that in oxistenoe
in Massachusetts.1
The effect of tho law is, of course,
largely a mattor of cor j ?oturo, and ono
upon whioh tho party lioaders.? widely
differ. The Domoorats oxpoct that j it
will disfranchise about. 33,000, negro OH
and perhaps 16,000, white votera1 who
cannot road or write. Qf thoso, it. is
olaimod, all tho nogroos and about GO
per cont, of tho whites voto tho Hopu
blioan ticket, With thoeo oui of tho
way tho Stato will bo safely Domoora
tiofor many years to eomO, and tho
i inmediato result will tho election of a
Domooratio State legislature next fall
and of a Democrat to ?uoood Unitod
Stutos Sonator Wolli og tort in 1902;
lTourtopn P?rishod,
Tho atoamor Ohomnitts of tho Ger?
man*Australian Steamship oompany
and the British steamer Tay Collided
Thursday night in tho Flushing Hoad
?toad. The Tay sank and- onTv throe
of hor orow woto saved.] Tho Tay had
put into tho Flushing Roadstoad owing
td tho provailiag storm,, Fo.uttoontpor
BOPS perished, including (ho wivos of
two naUorrfwho b?ard?d tho y omi cn a
faroweil visit,
Ml
A SAD 8?QRY.
_?
Art Insane Woman Mut dor? Her
8?x Children.
ATTEMPTED HER OWN LIFE
But Failed, and Then Talk? ;
Rationally About Her Awful
De?d. She Assigns
ND Reason.
Mrs LW? Naramoro, of Coldbrook,
Maas., while itt a fib of insanity Thurs- '
<iay afternoon, killed hor eix ohildron
at her homo, a farm houso half, a milo
from tho villago, and thou tried to Uko':
her own lifo. Tho ohildren ranged}rom
ton years.to a babo of ton months and
their divos, worp takon by.Uio mother
with an nxo and a ?l.ub. 3h? laid tho
blood-dronohed bodios on tho bods, two
on ono bod and tho other four on a bod
in another room and thon attomptod
to .takq hor own lifo by cutting hor
throat wjth a razor. Whon disooyorod
oho v/nu in tho bod on whioh tho bodies
of four.Ohildrbn wcro lying/ Although
?ho out a doojp gash in hor' throat and
suffered tho loss of much blood, it is
boliovcd sho will recover.
Frank Nisramoro, tho husband and
f athar, lol t his homo at tho' usual hour
Thursday morning to go to work ab a;
sawmill and at that timo his wife did
not attract .his -attontion hy ^acting
strangely, ? ' ' - ;V
ji r J iv* ~-s_*?. --~_ji
. . *v.in nu|>|ivauu wv vtiuiu nno VVJUIHIV
ted shortly, after noon, tho ' disoovory
boing mado by Goorgo ; Thrasher, ' * au
employo of a groeory ?toro, who visitod
tho Naramoro houso about 2:45 o'olook
for tho purposo of delivering ?roooric?
that had previously boon ordered by
Mrs. Naramoro? Uo was unablo to get'
in tho house by thodjor and ho looked
in a window and noticod blood on tho
floor, while Mrs. Naramoro was lying On
a bod. Uo was surprised also in tho
obnonoo of tho children, whom ho was
aoousbomud to soe playing in or about
tho hou6o. Ho returnod to tho villago
and told of what ho had soon,
A party was mado up and a hasty
visit was mado to tho Naramoro houso.
An ontranco was offootod without dolay
and tho inutilatod bodios. of tho six ,
ohildron in two bods woro found. Mrs.
.Naramoro was romovod to tho yillago .
hotol and tho attonding physioiana woro
oonfldonK sho would survive.
During tho evening o numbor of
noighbors of tho family saw. and talked
I withJMrs. jj?:?;; :. }^\h.
At tho ?uioV tho party of - villagers
found Mrs. Naramoro she was asked
btw sho did tho dood, and oho Said that
oho took tho .lives in four differont
rooms, and aa. fast ns sho killod ono?,
obild tho body waa plaood iu a bod.
Tho ohildron Wero thro o, boys, . aud
threo fjirlsj hlthol, 10 years of ago. tho
oldoBt, whilo tho ages of Walter, Ohar
lio, Chestor, Bossio and Lona ranged
from oight year lo ton months, Lena
boing tho baby.
Mrs. Naramoro told hov most inti
mate friends that sho first killod EJthol,
and thon followed with tho fivo o'^rro,
caoh timo taking tho next eldest! vIvo
woro killed by boing slruok on' tho
hoad with tho baok of an axo whilo lit?
tlo Lona was killod with a club. Sho
says sho fully cxpootod tho gash in hor
throat would oauso hor dc at li and whon.
hor hUsdand rot ur nod nt night ho would .
find all of tho bodios in the two bods.
Sho appoared rational and displayed
signs of sorrow for tho dood sho had
commit tod, although sho is unablo to
givo any roasoon1 for killing tho ohil
cLon.
Whon .Mr. Naramoro roaohed tho
hourn ho was prostrated wich grief by
tho loss of his family.
Kaon of tho ohildron.?had. oyidontly
rcooivod sovoral blows as thoir hoads
woro torribly. bruised and blood waa
sottored in all parts of tho rooms. Med?
NwamorO had oyidontly mado prepara
tions for tho deod, as tho doors were
all looked and barr od with s ti ok J of
wood.
At about 0 o'clo ok Mrs. Naramoro
oxporionood ? ohango fer tho worao and
it is believed that sho will not Uvo
through tho night. Hor husband hai
been in tho hotol, but ho has nob mado
any rcquosb to soo hor sin ooh is arrival.
Fanners' Asked to Meet. (
liar vio. Jordan, president of tho
Southern Cotton Grower.*' Protective
assooiation has issued a oall from At- .
lan tn, Ga,, to tho cotton, producors.of
tho southorn Sbatos,; asking thom to
moot ab tho oottnty soat of ovory coun
ty in tho south on Saturday, April 6,
for tho purpose of. adopting some plan
to our tail tho a oro ago of tho o ott on crop
for tho soason of 1901 and 1902. Prosi
c*ont Jordan urges immodi?to notion by
tho farmers boforo tho eo#d for tho
noxt orop aro plaood in tho ground. Ho
claims that tho plantors will not bo
able tb moot thoir obligations asaumod
for guano, mules and o thor farming
matorials with tho prloo of cotton at
six oonts, whioh ho ?on?dont?y pro?
dio ts will result from ? largo aoroago.
An Experiment.
Minnesota is to try a combination
high lioonso local option dispensary
sohomo. Tho propasod law loaves tho
steoountios ooptaiuing olties of tho
'10,000 or pvor>" olasa undor tho opera
tion-of tho proBont high Hoonso law.
It provides that in all tho ?thor oouh
ties tbo question of lioboso Or ho-lloonso
?hall bo doolded, by popular voto. It
provides further that town liquor .dis?
ponsaries shall bo. ostablishod in - no
liOonno eountloa upon tho politl?n of
two-thirds of tho votots-th? liquor to
bo sold in ppokages (half pint or larger)
and not to bo drunk on tho promi?OB.
A U tho dispOOBary mo?ts oro to go' to
tho county treasuries. ,
Wani to Jflntortain Thom?
Governor MoSweenoy has rcooivod a
lotto* from Mr. \T. C, . Thompson, of
Chattanooga, asking aim whon ho and
his party would amvp in Chattanooga
i&?$edioafo, Confodorato momuhoiit,
idW many would bo in tho party and how
long ?hoy would Vom ?in iu Ohatta^coga.
?Tho South Carolinians who live iii
Chattanooga,wish to oxtoad Oourtoaloa
to,tho South Carolina patty.